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By: Schalk Burger14th February 2018
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in businesses is set to grow, but CIOs should focus on using pilot projects to ready their businesses to use the technology, information technology market research multinational Gartner said on Wednesday. Its ‘2018 CIO Agenda Survey’ found that... →

By: Schalk Burger12th February 2018
JSE-listed information and communication technology (ICT) multinational EOH has acquired Linux-focused enterprise open-source technology company LSD Information Technology (IT) to lead its open-source offerings in Africa. The acquisition, the value of which was not disclosed, addresses an... →

By: Natasha Odendaal12th February 2018
JSE-listed Jasco Electronics on Monday posted weaker first-half financial results as the company faces tough market conditions. For the six months ended December 31, Jasco reported an 81% decline in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 1.2c and a fall of 68% in earnings per share (EPS) to 2c. →

9th February 2018
Automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Company and technology conglomerate Cisco Systems have revealed a new technology roadmap that will enable next-generation in-vehicle networking with security. Additionally, the companies have shared their timelines for commercial deployment of... →

INNOVATION COLLABORATION
Hyundai and Cisco have been collaborating since 2016

By: Paige Müller9th February 2018
Many large companies typically do not have the required technology or resources available to adequately communicate with lower-level staff, which software company Wyzetalk believes affects industry health and safety negatively. “Organisations provide a corporate email address for executives and... →

GYSBERT KAPPERS
Constant health and safety communications result in safety practices becoming habitual in an organisation

By: Schalk Burger9th February 2018
Ransomware attacks and targeted attacks will continue to be major cybersecurity risks for industrial companies this year, as well as the continued rise of targeted fraud attacks on industrial companies, says cybersecurity multinational Kaspersky Lab industrial control systems (ICS) computer... →

By: Schalk Burger9th February 2018
Using information and communication technologies, and more broadly digital technologies, in cities must be part of long-term, sustained transformative visions to ensure that a city and its systems improve over time, says Huawei Enterprise Government and Public Utility Sector VP Edwin Diender.... →

EDWIN DIENDER
The smart city concept is about developing a broad platform to support a wide and dynamic range of initiatives and functions

By: Schalk Burger9th February 2018
A new payment architecture and infrastructure is being designed to provide the transactional capabilities necessary to allow for new and faster financial services, says South Africa-based automated payments clearing house BankservAfrica CEO Chris Hamilton. BankservAfrica has renewed its... →

By: Nadine James9th February 2018
In a recent study, information technology (IT) research company Gartner posed that, “by 2019, IT service desks [using] machine learning enhanced technologies will free up to 30% of support capacity.” This idea is supported by Marval Africa executive director Edward Carbutt who believes that the... →

By: Schalk Burger9th February 2018
SUNEX, a new South African cryptocurrency representing the value of power produced and dispatched from the bearer's solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, helps to support and accelerate the rollout and use of PV solar renewable-energy technologies, says Sun Exchange co-founder and CEO Abraham... →

8th February 2018
Arcelor Mittal South Africa has already seen a return on investment on its newly commissioned Working at Heights virtual reality training programme, used to determine trainees’ fear of heights and to test their functioning at height. Nadine James has more. →

By: Schalk Burger2nd February 2018
Computing multinational IBM in December launched an open-source, blockchain system designed to provide transparency on food safety in China. The Blockchain Food Safety Alliance has as its initial signatories US mass retailer Walmart, Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, as well as IBM and the Tsinghua... →

By: Schalk Burger2nd February 2018
The hospitality industry is facing strenuous competition from short-term rental services provided through the Internet, such as those provided by Airbnb, so hoteliers should see how they can join in, says renowned Swiss hospitality management school Ecole hôteliere de Lausanne senior lecturer... →

1st February 2018
Southern African payment clearing utility BankservAfrica and the regional banking community are working together to design a new payment architecture and infrastructure that will help to lower interbank transaction costs and allow new services to be offered, with a special focus on improving... →

By: Anine Kilian29th January 2018
JSE-listed MTN expects to report an improvement of at least 20% year-on-year for headline earnings per share (HEPS) and earnings per share (EPS) for the 12 months ended December 31, 2017. The telecommunications group reported a 77c headline loss a share and a 144c attributable loss a share in... →

By: Schalk Burger26th January 2018
With the advent of new energy generation, storage and management technologies, developing country companies are using the capabilities of new integrated microgrid systems to improve their efficiency and lower costs, says electrical equipment and services multinational ABB Asia, Middle East and... →

CHUNYUAN GU
Natural resources, accessible labour and more readily available energy can be leveraged to grow industry in Africa, if industrial operations become more efficient

By: Schalk Burger26th January 2018
Digital technologies are providing cities worldwide, including several in Africa, with a new set of tools to improve service delivery and bolster social and economic inclusion. The focus of the smart city movement is how technology can serve citizens, how it can make cities more equal and provide... →

By: African News Agency 24th January 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday announced a new Global Centre for Cyber-security to try and help build a safe and secure global cyberspace and to minimise the threat of a "digital dark age". In a statement, the WEF said the centre will be based in Geneva, Switzerland, and will... →

By: Natasha Odendaal23rd January 2018
Deloitte’s yearly ‘Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions’ report has forecasted major strides in machine learning for enterprises this year. The report predicted a doubling of the number of enterprise machine learning pilots and deployments this year and, subsequently, the... →

By: Schalk Burger19th January 2018
The establishment of an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling plant, which can cost R1.5-billion to build, will work best if the e-waste streams from across southern Africa can be channelled to such a megaplant, says information technology asset and e-waste recycling company Xperien CEO Wale... →

WALE AREWA
Consolidation in the local industry will help to attract investment that will then enable larger scale recycling

By: Natasha Odendaal16th January 2018
A new Gartner report released on Tuesday projects a 4.5% year-on-year increase in worldwide information technology (IT) spend to $3.7-trillion in 2018. Driven by enterprise software, digital business, blockchain, the Internet of Things and the progressions from big data to algorithms, machine... →

By: Natasha Odendaal15th January 2018
The revenue of the global semiconductor market is forecast to expand 7.5% to $451-billion in 2018, surpassing technology research firm Gartner’s earlier growth forecast for the year of only 4%. This can be attributed to continued favourable market conditions for memory sectors, which account for... →

By: African News Agency 15th January 2018
4Sight Holdings said on Monday it had entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital and loan account claims of the Foursight South Africa group, effective from January 1. "Foursight South Africa and its subsidiaries will become subsidiaries of 4Sight Holdings and will... →

By: Anine Kilian11th January 2018
Information and communication technology company BCX CEO Ian Russell has been appointed to the Board of Africa-led global female coding movement iamtheCODE. iamtheCODE is designed to mobilise governments, businesses and investors to support young women in science, technology, engineering, arts,... →

By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th January 2018
As artificial intelligence (AI) development continues on a path of exponential growth, a new research report by Gartner indicates that, by 2022, personal devices will know more about an individual's emotional state “than his or her own family”. The ‘Predicts 2018: personal devices’ report notes... →

By: Natasha Odendaal15th December 2017
Global airline alliance Star Alliance has teamed up with start-up accelerator and innovation centre Plug and Play to identify and support relevant start-ups that are developing disruptive technologies in the travel and hospitality industry. The partnership will see the pair “accompany” the... →

By: Schalk Burger15th December 2017
The changes being wrought by Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, including the need for collaboration and sharing across various portions of commercial supply chains, are forcing companies to change their business models, says digital security multinational Gemalto Commonwealth of Independent... →

By: Schalk Burger15th December 2017
The aim of new thinking regarding the storage and use of data is to reuse the data to augment as many processes as possible and, thereby, improve the value gleaned from the data, says analytics multinational SAS Big Data VP Paul Kent. “The collection, processing, moving, sharing and reuse of data... →

By: Schalk Burger15th December 2017
Delays in information and communication technology (ICT) policy implementation, as well as a lack of improvement in basic education and current, coordinated data, are reducing the potential economic contribution of the ICT sector, according to the University of the Witwatersrand-based... →

ADRIAN SCHOFIELD
South Africa is lagging its peers in Africa to unlock the value of technology for economic growth and social development

By: Dylan Slater15th December 2017
The regulations and laws governing access to South African air space for remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) are sound and among the “best in the world”, according to Edenvale-based commercial drone operator Visual Air Productions director Stephen Verheul. →

By: Natasha Odendaal14th December 2017
JSE-listed Ansys has entered into a sales agreement with the shareholders of information technology developer Law Trusted Third Party Services (LAWtrust) to acquire the firm for an undisclosed amount. Ansys on Thursday said in an update to the market that the transaction remained subject to... →

By: Natasha Odendaal14th December 2017
The vision of a low-carbon future allied with advances in the information technology sector are set to become game changers that will shift the future energy landscape as technology gives rise to peripheral industries and cross-sector transformations. The future of energy generation is embedded... →